A team of neuroscientists has reprogrammed the brain’s own support cells to devour Alzheimer’s plaques in living mice, using nothing more than a single protein delivered by a carefully aimed virus.

For decades, the brain’s own immune cells have watched Alzheimer’s plaques accumulate and done almost nothing about it. Now a ...

As Alzheimer’s disease now affects seven million Americans — the largest number ever — there is a growing demand for new treatments. Scientists at the University of California, Irvine, have discovered ...

Researchers have discovered a new way to combat Alzheimer's disease. They found that treatment with dopamine could reduce characteristic harmful beta-amyloid plaques in the brain as well as improve ...

Microglia, the brain's immune cells, naturally gather around these plaques, but they fail to clear them as part of their immune function. In recent years, therapies have been developed that focus on ...

The blood-brain barrier border protects the brain by regulating the flow of molecules, peptides, and cells, but it also keeps out many therapeutics. Now, researchers have harnessed the power of a ...

A loss of brain volume associated with new immunotherapies for Alzheimer's disease may be caused by the removal of amyloid plaques, rather than the loss of neurons or brain tissue, finds a study led ...

How exactly do amyloid plaques affect surrounding brain tissue, and does this change over time? Scientists led by Jörg Hanrieder at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, tackled this question by using ...

The human brain is a three-pound wonder, capable of amazing things right alongside everyday behaviors so automatic we don’t even notice they’re there. The brain is made up of two kinds of cells.

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